Under the “Slavery Record” There is a record of a meeting of the proslavery citizens of Athens and Limestone County, to consider how to respond to “an organized band of…
Category: <span>Birney, James</span>
The story of an Anti-Abolition meeting, Jan 22, with the Mayor acting as President. The meeting refers to the foundation of the nation and the discussion of the fact that …
An article signed by James Birney, E. Wright, Jr. and Henry B. Stanton, with a statement opposing the creation of a third political party. It deprecates “the formation of a…
February 13, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression column there are excerpts from a pamphlet by Birney, “addressed to the free colored people, taking the detestable colonization position, that they…
December 4, 1857 The death of Birney is recognized, with a recounting of his major accomplishments. He was highly courteous and dignified in his manners, less able as a speaker…